Lights ground feisty Blue Hawks

Just one day before the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team was set to re-open Frontier Conference play, veteran MSU-N head coach Shawn Huse stated how there weren't going to be any easy nights in league play.

And in just Northern's second conference game of the season, Huse couldn't have been more right.

On Thursday night at the Armory Gymnasium, the No. 22 Lights had to fight and scratch for a 72-65 win over the Dickinson State Blue Hawks, in a game that was anything but easy.

"I felt like we were batteling uphill all night long," Huse said. "It was a hard game, there was...